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squirm

verb as in wiggle, fidget

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Elsewhere, the audio drops out completely, replaced by the noise of a ticking clock that lingers just long enough to make the viewer squirm in their seat.

From Salon

Though the reaction from delegates was largely muted, some were visibly squirming in their seats as the US president addressed the UN for the first time since he began his second term.

From BBC

He knows that we know where this is going — the title gives the game away — so his job is to goose the inevitable in ways that make us squirm and gasp.

Footage showed the horizontal equine squirming and struggling as a firefighter and a veterinarian assisted him.

And all those passengers squirming around makes driving more difficult because of the constantly changing weight balance.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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